Dorothy James (1562 - 1630)

Born 1 Apr 1562 in Wollaston, Staffordshire, England

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Died 1630 at about age 67 in Clinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Birth

Dorothy James was born circa 1580 at of Wollaston, Staffordshire, England.^[1]

Parents and Siblings

Father Henry James, Gent. b. c 1548 of Farfield Court (in Belbroughton), Worcestershire, son of Edmond James, Esq., of Wollaston, Staffordshire and Inner Timple, Steward of Himley manor, Justice of the Peace for Staffordshire, by his first wife Anne, daughter of Thomas Ramsay, of Hitcham, Buckinghamshire. ^[2]

Mother Bridget Littleton b. c 1555, d. a 1622. Bridget Lyttelton was the daughter of Roger Lyttelton, Edq., of Groveley (in King's Norton), Worcestershire, the 5th son; and his wife Elizabeth (or Isabel) Stanley, daughter of John Stanley, Esq., of West Bromwich, Staffordshire. ^[2]

Siblings

1. Elizabeth married Humphrey Perrott
2. Anne married Thomas Rudyard
3. Martha married John Perrott ^[2]

Marriage

Dorothy James married Henry Greswold.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 616
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Volume IV, p. 507. Henry's wife Bridget is #17 in the Rudyard Line portrayed by Richardson.
3. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 463-464.

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